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Cat: Storms

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The Business Library

Disaster Management / Flood Disasters

Flood clean up. Fact sheets, bulletins, emergency response plan, prevention guides on flood hazards. Preventing flood claims. Flood forecast maps. Cleanup guidelines. Floodplain management.


Disaster Management / Hazard Maps

Earthquake map. Flood maps. Wind maps. Solar radiation maps.


Disaster Management / Hurricane Disasters

Resources and guidance on how to plan for a hurricane as well as mitigation activities afterwards. Table of Safir-Simpson Hurricane Scale with explanations of the destructive force of hurricanes.


Disaster Management / Storm Disasters

Guidance on preventing property damage from severe storms. Fact sheets on thunderstorms & lightning. Tornado safety. How to prepare for potential thunderstorm disasters.


Disaster Management / Weather Warnings

National Weather Service warnings, seismic events and more. Latest river stage and elevation data and daily precipitation summaries. Weather alerts, fire warnings, wildfire alerts, flash flood warnings, river forecasts, flood threats, hurricane warnings, tornado warnings.


Reference Materials / Weather Centers

Weather maps and forecasts in the USA and worldwide. Hazard warnings. Earthquake and tropical storm activity. US solar radiation and wind resource maps. Real time weather updates, live weather cameras, etc.


The HR Library

General References / Weather

Weather maps and forecasts in the USA and worldwide. Hazard warnings. Earthquake and tropical storm activity. US solar radiation and wind resource maps.


The Safety Library

Alerts / Disaster Alerts

Weather alerts, fire warnings, wildfire alerts, flash flood warnings, river forecasts, flood threats, hurricane warnings, tornado warnings. Latest river stage and elevation data and daily precipitation summaries.


Disaster Safety / Flood Safety

Fact sheets, bulletins, emergency response plan, prevention guides on flood hazards. Preventing flood claims. Flood forecast maps. Cleanup guidelines.


Disaster Safety / Hurricane Safety

Resources and guidance on how to plan for a hurricane as well as mitigation activities afterwards. Table of Safir-Simpson Hurricane Scale with explanations of the destructive force of hurricanes.


Disaster Safety / Maps

Earthquake maps, flood maps, wind maps, solar radiation maps


Disaster Safety / Storm Safety

Fact sheets on thunderstorms & lightning. Tornado safety. How to prepare for potential thunderstorm disasters. Guidance on preventing property damage from severe storms.


Miscellaneous / Weather

Weather maps and forecasts in the USA and worldwide. Hazard warnings. Earthquake and tropical storm activity. US solar radiation and wind resource maps.


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Words of Wisdom

"You are not judged by the number of times you fail, but by the number of times you succeed. And the number of times you succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times you can fail and keep on trying.

- Mahatma Gandhi

Spotlight Resources
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Comic Relief

Yogi - isms

I never blame myself when I am not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it is not my fault that I am not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

- Yogi Berra